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Bug 76354

Summary:	Too easy to select an invalid product or application in launch config for RCP app
Product:	[Eclipse Project] PDE	Reporter:	Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	PDE-UI-Inbox <pde-ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	b.muskalla, caniszczyk, contact, curtis.windatt.public
Version:	3.0	Keywords:	bugday
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
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Description Nick Edgar

2004-10-15 09:58:19 EDT

build I20041013

- create a new Eclipse Application launch config
- do the usual dance for selecting the plugin(s) for an RCP app and their
prerequisites in the Plug-ins tab
- forget to change the application or product
- launch
- it fails because it can't find the ide application (it's not included in the
selected plug-ins)
- the log kindly informs you of the valid application extensions, and the ide is
not one of them

It would be nice if the launch config dialog complained first.

Either it should limit the product list and application list to those available
from the selected plug-ins, or it should show an error, disabling the Run/Debug
button if an invalid product or application is selected.

Comment 1 Curtis Windatt

2011-06-07 16:13:05 EDT

If validate plug-ins automatically before launching is selected you will be warned.  Closing as WORKSFORME.